VERITY ALLEN FERTILITY ACUPUNCTURE
  • Home
  • The Clinics
    • The Team
    • COVID clinic procedure
    • Privacy Policy
  • Fertility, Pregnancy & Gynaecology
    • Birth Rates & Statistics
    • Diagnostics
    • Acupuncture & IVF
    • Gynaecological problems >
      • Endometriosis
      • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
      • Premature Ovarian Failure
    • Acupuncture & miscarriage
    • Pregnancy symptoms
    • Acupuncture to induce
    • Moxibustion for breech babies
    • Male infertility
  • Prices
  • Blog
  • Contact

Bring the love back

5/11/2019

0 Comments

 
When it comes to optimising your chances either with IVF or through natural conception, there is one single most thing that I believe is crucial. It comes in the form of a little hormone called Oxytocin. 

Oxytocin is otherwise known as the Love Hormone. It’s the main hormone released during sex, or when we look into our loved ones eyes, or when we hold our baby for the first time. It gives us that overwhelming sense that we are not alone, that we have somebody to care for, that we love unconditionally. 

The reason I believe this hormone is very important during conception is because it is also the hormone that is needed when a baby enters into the physical world. In order for a woman to go into natural labour, there needs to be an abundance of oxytocin in the system. This is needed both to induce and deliver the baby but also to deliver the placenta, and to encourage breast milk and feeding. But the body has a fantastic survival mechanism and so, if a woman goes into labour but then a big, snarling wolf comes into the room, the body will flood the system with adrenaline. Adrenaline cancels out oxytocin, so that labour stops to enable the woman to find safety. Once safe oxytocin comes back and labour continues. 

It’s a wonderful system… If we were dealing with wolves on the reg! But the body can’t distinguish between a wolf and a printer jam at 6pm when you’re trying to get that important document out. The same is true of people that enjoy running. Your body doesn’t realise you’re not running away from that wolf! And so you see, we start flooding our system with adrenaline and there’s little room for oxytocin. That, coupled with the stresses of trying to make a baby… have I ovulated yet? I’m shattered, can we make it quick tonight? We had a glass of wine 3 years ago, would that affect things now? etc, etc. None of this is conducive to flooding our bodies with love hormone. 

So the single most crucial thing when making a baby is to bring the love back. I know it can be tricky when you’ve been on this road for a while but it makes sense to me that if oxytocin is needed to help a child move from the womb to the outside world, it could also be very important in helping the embryo enter the womb. As yet, we don’t have the research to support this but we do know that foetus’s subjected to unpleasant emotions in the womb can impact their development. In fact, Chinese philosophy says that a healthy baby is conceived when there is love… and they know a few things about health! ;)

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Verity Allen - BSc, BA, MBAcC, Lic Ac

    Picture

    Archives

    June 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    August 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    January 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    May 2019
    May 2018
    November 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    November 2016
    March 2016
    February 2015
    January 2015
    July 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    July 2013
    June 2013
    February 2013
    October 2012
    September 2012

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • The Clinics
    • The Team
    • COVID clinic procedure
    • Privacy Policy
  • Fertility, Pregnancy & Gynaecology
    • Birth Rates & Statistics
    • Diagnostics
    • Acupuncture & IVF
    • Gynaecological problems >
      • Endometriosis
      • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
      • Premature Ovarian Failure
    • Acupuncture & miscarriage
    • Pregnancy symptoms
    • Acupuncture to induce
    • Moxibustion for breech babies
    • Male infertility
  • Prices
  • Blog
  • Contact